Duty and Roles
There are three main parties that are affected by Mrs. F choice to end her life through VSED; (1) her husband (and family), (2) her care providers and (3) herself. For any family member, it can be hard seeing a loved one going through VSED. Deprivation of basic needs like food and water can be heartbreaking and can cause emotional challenges. In Mrs. F's family's case, they know through this decision that they are to lose a wife and a mother. Although they knew this action would be difficult, they had a mutual understanding that she has the right to make her own decision and duty to ensure that her wishes were respected and carried out.
Caregivers, and of course all heath care professionals, have a role and duty to their patient.
with individuals - It is about finding out what is important to the person and helping them to turn their choices into reality. By listening and working with the person and their families in partnership to help this happen. It is part of your role to support the person to make their own choices and to ensure that these choices are heard and recorded to form the basis of their care plan. You should then support
Care professionals usually adopt a holistic approach to care and support, as they see their role is to address the needs of a person
I make sure that individuals are provided with care by making sure they are clean, rested, fed and that they are supported in their intellectual, social and emotional needs. You communicate with other people to provide seamless care such as arranging and attending appointments or carrying out treatments.
My responsibility as a care worker is to be aware of the various policies and legislations that will facilitate good practice when supporting my clients to access services and facilities. I am also expected to monitor and evaluate the service provided to ensure it is meeting the needs of the client.
1) As a care worker, you must protect the rights and promote the interests of service users and carers.
It’s the nurse's duty to advocate for her patient and to make sure that the patient understands and ask questions if necessary.
* Must act as an advocate for those in one’s care, helping them to access relevant health and social care, information and support.
Depending on the patient's level of self-care, the nurse must work with the family to enhance such self-care. The family may view an elderly, disabled, or otherwise incapacitated patient as a child and unable to adequately perform tasks of self-care. According to Orem,
dignity of the patient are essential components of caring. Caring in nursing is there to meet the
The issue of elder abuse is clearly an ethical concern. As a caregiver, the nurse has the responsibility to ensure that the environment of the patient is safe and supportive of health and wellness. In the case of an elderly patient who is too frail to engage in effective self-care, the demands upon the nurse increase as the nurse must
The care staff face many challenges even though they know just about everything about the individual; the carers still deal with many situations. It’s of importance that families and other health professionals develop a professional working relationship with carers because the carers are the one who are more involve with the individuals and supporting them as well as knowing the individual everyday activities.
Including the client as an expert member of the team creates an enhanced quality of care (Coad, Patel & Murray, 2014). In pediatrics, parents are often at the center of the child’s care. When asked to define what made the client care experience positive, parents stated that sensitivity, empathy and honesty were key factors (Coad, Patel & Murray, 2014). Working in healthcare, nurses can become desensitized to difficult experiences because they deal with them daily. Integrating the client and family as part of the healthcare team, allows the nurse to see the patient and family as a people first. By avoiding using illness as context, and instead using person as context, care will be more holistic (Coad, Patel & Murray, 2014). A family-focused approach helps to ensure that the whole family feels a part of the experience and is valued. In the case of bereavement, family centered care is particularly important. If the family is not included in the care from the start, it can provide barriers for grieving and impact how the family deals with loss (Jones, Contro & Koch, 2014). Nurses have an opportunity to help support the family through the grief process (Jones, Contro & Koch, 2014). Families have a significant impact on how the client heals, so by caring for the family’s needs, the nurse is indirectly caring for the patient. It is in the client’s best interest for the care to be holistic for the patient as well as the family (Jones, Contro & Koch, 2014). All
There are many things you can do to make sure the person in your care receives the respect and dignity that is every person’s basic human right.
Carers must work in collaboration with their colleagues ensuring the delivery of the highest quality, safe and very compassionate health care and support. Carers must communicate openly and in an effective way to promote the health, safety and well-being of services users and their families. Carers must respect all people’s rights to confidentiality and strive to improve the quality of health care by continuing with professional development also uphold and promote equality, diversity and inclusion. Carers must be honest with themselves and others about what they can do, recognise their abilities and limitations of their competence and only carry out of delegate those tasks agreed in their job description and for which they are competent. It is very important to behave and present yourself a way that doesn’t call into question your suitability to work in a health and social care setting, always seek guidance from your supervisor or employer should you feel unable or if you are unsure how to effectively deliver a task. Carers must comply with employers agreed ways of working and must report any actions and omissions made by one or colleagues that you feel may jeopardise the safety or care of services users this includes if necessary whistleblowing procedures to report any suspect wrong doing. Carers must
care. Nursing care for any individual should not be compromised because of ethnicity, gender, spiritual values, disability, age, economic, social or health status, or any other grounds. Respect for an individual’s needs includes recognition of the individual’s place in a family and the community. For this reason, others should be included in the individual’s care. Respect for an individual’s needs, beliefs and values includes culturally sensitive care, and the need